Don’t follow the leader. Cross the bridge and go your own way. Like Cindy Barber of the Beachland Ballroom, who will be sharing her consequential life at Cleveland Stories at the Music Box. Or like our very own Superman, the inspiration for CMA’s next MIX Party. Or like August Wilson, whose play Two Trains Running, the seventh in his 10-part Pittsburgh Cycle, has been extended at Beck Center. We’ve seen it, and it’s essential theater for our times and our region. If you’re on the east side, cross over and catch it before it’s gone.
Who’s Your Mama is a film festival in Kent, now 20 years running, focused on the environment. Only 16 years young is the Dyngus Day post-Easter celebration of Polish culture at Gordon Square and beyond, with polka, paczki and piwo. A world premiere play that crosses genres was written by CPT’s Raymond Bobgan & Anastasía Urozhaeva, exploring the yearning and loneliness of Icarus’ father.
Get ready for The Birth of Punk in NEO, a “docu-concert” with live music and dozens of interviews telling the back stories of how Cleveland, Akron & Kent, Ohio were ground zero for the biggest reinvention of rock & roll since Elvis. Cross your heart.
As the latest installment in the NEO Rewind Series, we interviewed dozens of artists, writers and scene makers to tell the backstories of many of the groundbreaking artists reinventing rock & roll. Join us at The Birth of Punk in NEOon Wed 5/13 at Music Box Supper Club and Sat 5/23 at Akron Civic Theatre as we celebrate with a live music “docu-concert” that will open your eyes and get your heart pounding. Photo of Stiv Bators of Dead Boys by Anastasia Pantsios.
